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State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem

State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem

Ramona Sue McNeal, Susan M. Kunkle, Lisa Dotterweich Bryan
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522509882|ISBN10: 1522509887|EISBN13: 9781522509899
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch004
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McNeal, Ramona Sue, et al. "State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem." Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 59-79. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch004

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McNeal, R. S., Kunkle, S. M., & Bryan, L. D. (2017). State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 59-79). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch004

Chicago

McNeal, Ramona Sue, Susan M. Kunkle, and Lisa Dotterweich Bryan. "State-Level Cyberbullying Policy: Variations in Containing a Digital Problem." In Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 59-79. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch004

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Abstract

Cyberbullying is the use of information technology to deliberately hurt, taunt, threaten or intimidate someone. Currently, there are no federal statutes in the United States which directly address this problem. The response of the states has varied from attempting to use existing anti-bullying laws to limit cyberbullying to passing new laws that specifically target cyberbullying behavior. An important question is, “why are some states taking a lead in combating this cybercrime through new laws while others are relying on existing laws?” The literature on policy adoption suggests politics, resources and public need are important factors in predicting why certain states are more likely to enact government policies. This chapter analyzes the impact of these factors and others on policy adoption by exploring the level of legislative action to update existing cyberbullying laws for 2009 through 2014.

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